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[MAC80211]: remove IEEE80211_HW_HOST_GEN_BEACON flag
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The flag is never checked because drivers can simply call
ieee80211_beacon_get() regardless of setting this flag.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Acked-by: Michael Wu <flamingice@sourmilk.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Johannes Berg authored and David S. Miller committed Oct 10, 2007
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Expand Up @@ -463,14 +463,13 @@ struct ieee80211_hw {

/* TODO: frame_type 802.11/802.3, sw_encryption requirements */

/* Some wireless LAN chipsets generate beacons in the hardware/firmware
* and others rely on host generated beacons. This option is used to
* configure the upper layer IEEE 802.11 module to generate beacons.
* The low-level driver can use ieee80211_beacon_get() to fetch the
* next beacon frame. */
#define IEEE80211_HW_HOST_GEN_BEACON (1<<0)

/* The device needs to be supplied with a beacon template only. */
/* hole at 0 */

/*
* The device only needs to be supplied with a beacon template.
* If you need the host to generate each beacon then don't use
* this flag and use ieee80211_beacon_get().
*/
#define IEEE80211_HW_HOST_GEN_BEACON_TEMPLATE (1<<1)

/* Some devices handle decryption internally and do not
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